What do I know about Google Earth and Voicethread? Google Earth allows people to search places around the world and voicethread allows us to upload images and make them into moives that have a URL. Have I presented material about Google Earth and Voicethread before? No Do I understand what I have to do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity? Yes, I understand ALL about what I have to do in this project What skills and knowledge will I be using? Computer skills that we have been taught
Identify What is the task?
What do I want to accomplish in creating a presentation? How do I want to interest others in my topic? I want to show people that Google Earth have lots of functions and share my knowledge about the places I have chosen. I would interest people by having interesting pictures in the video clip. What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on Google Earth and Voicethread? I don’t need many materials other than my laptop and info. I need. The teacher provides enough info. about voicethread and Google Earth to work with. Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students? People of all ages will be looking at this work so the text cannot be too complicated to understand. Are there examples of Google Earth and Voicethread posters or materials that I can look at? No What are the obstacles? What problems may happen? My problem was that I couldn’t upload the KMZ file Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? Draw some rough ideas for posters. I didn’t do any diagrams to help me
Generate How many ideas can I think of?
List as many ideas as possible. What aspects of Google Earth and Voicethread interest me? What would I want to see on a poster? Google Earth interest me because we get to see lots of places around the world Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea. Are there any other subjects to consider? No What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with? We had to go on Google and find info. by ourselves What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea? We didn’t do any creative thinking on this project so I didn’t need an idea.
Decide Which is the best idea?
Which are the best choices? Prioritise the 3-5 best choices Bejing Olympic stadium, the great wall of china,si chuan earthquake. Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea? Because I know these places quite well so it will be easier for me to work on. Which idea is the best one for completing the task? Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal? Beijing Olympic stadium What is my plan? What are the steps to follow? Find info. about my choices first, then follow instructions and work on my project How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones? I could write a dairy entry and record all my doings Possible list of steps: ·Research and gather material about my subject. ·Revise material and compose text for poster. ·Create graphics. ·Take pictures. Edit pictures. ·Assemble text and images into poster. ·Review poster and modify as needed.
Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating
TASC Process
Questions to consider
Implement Let’s do it!
Am I making progress through the plan? Yes Am I doing this correctly? You may need to review your goal for this activity. Yes, I’m following instructions correctly
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan. No, I don’t need to revise my plan
Am I satisfied with the text/graphics/pictures that I have created? Yes
Evaluate How well did I do?
Did I complete the task as originally set out? Did I solve the problem? Yes Is the text as interesting or informative as intended? Yes Are the graphics and images appealing? Yes What have I done? I did what we ere supposed to do (we didn’t have any choice of presentation, other than using text or speaking in the voicethread videos) What have I done really well? Is there anything that stands out as particularly good? I think the pictures I found was interesting Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything? No Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the poster ready to be shown to others? Yes
Communicate Let’s tell someone!
(You may have answered some of these questions early on during the planning stages.) Who can I tell? Who is my audience? I can tell the teacher, my friends, classmates or maybe people around me What is the best way to present this to my audience? In voicethread videos How do I interest other students in my particular subject? Using interesting pictures Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students?
Learn from experience What have I learned?
If I had to start this activity all over again, how would I improve my performance? Would I change my work habits? Would I use a different subject or different design? Would I only make small changes? I would follow instructions more carefully How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task? I haven’t worked on a similar task Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information? Yes Can I use that elsewhere? Maybe on another time we do this kind of work How has my thinking changed as a result of this work? I had more knowledge What skills have I learned and developed? More about google earth and voicethread Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities? Maybe subjects that relates to computer skills What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome? I had to solve the problem that I didn’t have much knowledge about voicethread and google earth How did I use the strengths of others to help me? I used it correctly and used it to help my project
Tasc Wheel
Google Earth and Voicethread
Part One – Planning
What do I know about this?
Google Earth allows people to search places around the world and voicethread allows us to upload images and make them into moives that have a URL.
Have I presented material about Google Earth and Voicethread before?
No
Do I understand what I have to do? Is there anything I don’t understand about this activity?
Yes, I understand ALL about what I have to do in this project
What skills and knowledge will I be using?
Computer skills that we have been taught
What is the task?
I want to show people that Google Earth have lots of functions and share my knowledge about the places I have chosen. I would interest people by having interesting pictures in the video clip.
What do I need in order to do this? What materials do I have? What resources do I need? Should I do more research on Google Earth and Voicethread?
I don’t need many materials other than my laptop and info. I need. The teacher provides enough info. about voicethread and Google Earth to work with.
Who will be looking at this work? How can I appeal to other students?
People of all ages will be looking at this work so the text cannot be too complicated to understand.
Are there examples of Google Earth and Voicethread posters or materials that I can look at?
No
What are the obstacles? What problems may happen?
My problem was that I couldn’t upload the KMZ file
Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work? Draw some rough ideas for posters.
I didn’t do any diagrams to help me
How many ideas can I think of?
What aspects of Google Earth and Voicethread interest me? What would I want to see on a poster?
Google Earth interest me because we get to see lots of places around the world
Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea.
Are there any other subjects to consider?
No
What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with?
We had to go on Google and find info. by ourselves
What do other people think about this? Do others think I have a good idea?
We didn’t do any creative thinking on this project so I didn’t need an idea.
Which is the best idea?
Bejing Olympic stadium, the great wall of china, si chuan earthquake.
Explain your reasons for choosing these. What are the arguments for and against each idea?
Because I know these places quite well so it will be easier for me to work on.
Which idea is the best one for completing the task? Which idea is best for accomplishing my goal?
Beijing Olympic stadium
What is my plan? What are the steps to follow?
Find info. about my choices first, then follow instructions and work on my project
How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones?
I could write a dairy entry and record all my doings
Possible list of steps:
· Research and gather material about my subject.
· Revise material and compose text for poster.
· Create graphics.
· Take pictures. Edit pictures.
· Assemble text and images into poster.
· Review poster and modify as needed.
Part Two – Implementing and Evaluating
Let’s do it!
Yes
Am I doing this correctly? You may need to review your goal for this activity.
Yes, I’m following instructions correctly
Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan.
No, I don’t need to revise my plan
Am I satisfied with the text/graphics/pictures that I have created?
Yes
How well did I do?
Yes
Is the text as interesting or informative as intended?
Yes
Are the graphics and images appealing?
Yes
What have I done?
I did what we ere supposed to do (we didn’t have any choice of presentation, other than using text or speaking in the voicethread videos)
What have I done really well? Is there anything that stands out as particularly good?
I think the pictures I found was interesting
Is there anything that needs improvement? Should I go back and redo anything?
No
Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? Is the poster ready to be shown to others?
Yes
Let’s tell someone!
Who can I tell? Who is my audience?
I can tell the teacher, my friends, classmates or maybe people around me
What is the best way to present this to my audience?
In voicethread videos
How do I interest other students in my particular subject?
Using interesting pictures
Did I include the right text/graphics/images to inform and appeal to other students?
What have I learned?
I would follow instructions more carefully
How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task?
I haven’t worked on a similar task
Have I learned anything about my subject or about appealing to others or about presenting information?
Yes
Can I use that elsewhere?
Maybe on another time we do this kind of work
How has my thinking changed as a result of this work?
I had more knowledge
What skills have I learned and developed?
More about google earth and voicethread
Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities?
Maybe subjects that relates to computer skills
What problems did I have to solve? Were there obstacles in developing ideas, researching material, or presenting the material? How were they overcome?
I had to solve the problem that I didn’t have much knowledge about voicethread and google earth
How did I use the strengths of others to help me?
I used it correctly and used it to help my project